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Piracy and Counter-piracy
There is a kind of romance around piracy. It is the romance of anti-authority figures and of a life lived not just in the margins but outside the boundaries. Just think about the masses of novels and films about piracy … Continue reading
Posted in finance and insurance, logistics, piracy, political economy, ports, readings, shipping conditions, ships, transport
Tagged Abdulaziz Al-Mahmoud, Erik Prince, Rose George, Simon Ings
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Sailing on dhows and working in the auto industry
A facebook friend sent me a URL to a blogpost which introduced Sons of Sinbad by Alan Villiers… What struck me was the contention that the book was “probably the only work of western travel literature that focuses on the seafarers of … Continue reading
